Hing, vb. to hang. Lindsay, 527, 4033; Gol. and Gaw., 438; Psalms LXIX, 6. Same as Cu. hing, for which see Wall.
Hooli, hulie, adj. quiet, slow, leisurely, careful. Dalr., I, 149, 27; A.P.B., 41; Fergusson, 54. O. N., hógligr, easy, gentle, hógleiki, meekness, hóglifi, a quiet life, hóglyndr, good-natured.
Hugsum, adj. horrible. Wyntoun, VII, 5, 176. See ug, to fear.
Husband, sb. a small farmer. Bruce, X, 387; VII, 151. O. N. hús-bondi, a house-master. See Skeat. For full discussion of this word as well as bonde, see Steenstrup, 97-100.
Ill, adj. evil, wicked. Bruce, III, 10. O. N. illr, adj. bad, Norse ill, idl, cross, angry, Dan. ilde, adv. badly. As an adv. common in M. E. The adj. use of it more specifically Sco. as in Norse. See Skeat.
Irke, vb. to weary, to suffer. Dunbar, F., 429; R.R., 456; L.L., 2709. O. N. yrkja, to work, take effect, O. Sw. yrkja, O. Dan. yrki (Schlyter), Sw. yrke, to urge, enforce, Norse orka, be able, always used in the sense of "barely being able to," or, with the negative, "not being able to." Ramsay uses the word in the sense of "being vexed."
Irke, adj. weary, lazy. Dunbar, 270, 36; R.R., 3570. See irke, vb. Irkit, pp. adj. tired, Montg., M.P., 521.
Irking, sb. delay. Winyet, II, 76; I. Deriv. from irke, vb.
Ithandly, ythandly, ydanlie, adv. busily, assiduously. Dalr., II, 36, 12; R.R., 36, 95. O. N. iðinn, busy. See eident.